January 9, 2023

Iran's chicken meat production to reach 2.65 million tonnes in country's current calendar year

Iran's annual chicken meat production is expected to reach 2.65 million tonnes in the current Iranian calendar year (ending on March 20), according to an official from Iran's Agriculture Ministry.

Hossein Damavandi-Nejad, the deputy minister for livestock products, stated that the production capacity of chicken meat in the country is three million tonnes and added that the full supply of the country's chicken meat market has been achieved so far.

He also said that egg production is forecast to reach 1.2 million tonnes in this year, of which 80,000 tonnes are exported.

"Interventions have caused ups and downs, but we must pay attention to the logic that the system is a system of supply and demand", the official noted. "Even in addition to fully meeting the domestic needs of poultry, we can respond to the needs of up to 10 million people around the country."

Damavandi-Nejad also pointed out that about nine months have passed since the implementation of the major plan to reform the economic structure, especially in the agricultural sector and the poultry sector of the country.

"In the beginning, due to the magnitude of this plan, there were concerns, but with the efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture, the issue was managed and now production and storage of chicken meat, eggs and other livestock and agricultural products are in suitable conditions," Damavandi-Nejad said.

- Tehran Times